Proposal for blog comment policy form
Blog services should provide standardized comment policy forms where bloggers can fill in the details of their own policies. The form or a link to the form can then be posted in a prominent place on the blog. Posting the comment policy should be mandatory and not optional -- people have a right to know whether or not the blog has a fair comment policy.
Here is a proposal for such a form --
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BLOG COMMENT POLICY
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY --
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Here is a proposal for such a form --
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BLOG COMMENT POLICY
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY --
Arbitrary censorship of comments --
No arbitrary censorship *
Arbitrary censorship of comments that I disagree with
Arbitrary censorship of comments submitted by people I dislike and comments that I suspect were submitted by people I dislike
Abuse --
No abuse allowed
All abuse allowed
Abuse discouraged but allowed if it does not disparage anyone's race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, or national origin *
Abuse OK only from my supporters
Abuse OK only if accompanied by serious commentary *
Credible threats OK
IP address blocking (note: may be ineffective and/or illegal and can block comments from large numbers of Internet users)
No *
Yes
Holding up comments for moderation--
No *
Yes
Anonymous commenters --
Allowed *
Not allowed
Allowed only if I do not suspect that it is someone I dislike
Commenter registration hassles --
No *
Yes
Closing of comment threads --
No *
Yes
Assistance or advice to commenters who have trouble in posting comments --
Yes *
No
Member, Association of Non-Censoring Bloggers --
Yes *
No
Additional rules or modifications of the above rules -- ? ? ? ?
Choices that are asterisked above are the preferred policies, especially for blogs that: (1) -- are popular blogs that have a lot of influence on public opinion; (2) -- have a fairly good chance of being authoritatively cited by court opinions, scholarly journal articles, official news services, and other authorities; (3) -- have received or compete for blogging awards; and (4) -- belong to the Association of Non-Censoring Bloggers.
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Labels: Internet censorship (new #1)
posted by Larry Fafarman | 5/18/2007 05:04:00 PM
2 Comments:
You have not included yourself in this I see.
> (1) -- are popular blogs that have a lot of influence on public opinion; (2) -- have a fairly good chance of being authoritatively cited by court opinions, scholarly journal articles, official news services, and other authorities; (3) -- have received or compete for blogging awards; <
Well you certainly don't count for any of these
> (4) -- belong to the Association of Non-Censoring Bloggers. <
A group of two people, one of which you had to beg to join.
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY --
Arbitrary censorship of comments --
No arbitrary censorship - Ed Brayton
Arbitrary censorship of comments that I disagree with - Larry Fafarman
Abuse --
Abuse OK only if accompanied by serious commentary - Ed Brayton
No category for some abuse allowed - Larry Fafarman
IP address blocking (note: never illegal)
No - Larry Fafarman (Larry doesn't know how to do it.)
Yes - Ed Brayton - In appropriate cases.
Anonymous commenters --
Allowed - Larry Fafarman
Allowed only if it is not someone who has been banned for good cause.
Assistance or advice to commenters who have trouble in posting comments --
No - Larry Fafarman. Larry has offered to post items emailed to him. He neither posts, nor responds to these emails.
I don't know Ed's policy on this.
Member, Association of Non-Censoring Bloggers --
Yes - Larry and one man he begged to join who initially declined.
No - All serious bloggers.
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